been trying to draw a bit more lately...been surfing deviantart and there are some amazing artists out there. art is a funny thing for me though...i can have totally off days and totally on ones. most other things in my life vary a bit, but not nearly as much. i can draw stuff i think looks pretty good, and then draw something totally hideous. i ( Read more... )

this was pretty fun to do. haven't really done anything in color since i was a kid. been mostly doodling in pencils since high school ( Read more... )

little mistakes you make, little fears that keep you from being who you want to be, little problems that overwhelm you and you feel unable to cope with ( Read more... )

last week, i watched 'innocent steps', a korean film about ballroom dancing. of course, being a korean film, it involved a fair amount of angsty romance. still pretty entertaining though. i got pretty into it. i liked that the characters didn't go _too_ over the top ( Read more... )

i wish that all problems could be solved by a team of male cheerleaders coming to cheer you on to japanese pop or rock music. whether it be getting into the high school of your choice, getting customers for your ramen store, or finishing your office work in time to attend the office party and dance with your studly boss, these guys would be here to ( Read more... )

and i'm back in the states.

and i'm already annoyed that this morning i could not just have someone hand me a packet of tissues on the street, nor could i purchase breakfast, or even a tasty beverage at the train station.

well, i've been in japan for two weeks and...well, i'm still here, actually. my vacation ended officially last night with a concert by hoover's ooover (or fuubaa oubaa, if you read the actual japanese name) in a rather (in my opinion) sketchy part of tokyo. great show though. i ended up buying all six of their cds just because i was so excited ( Read more... )

i have a new 20" widescreen monitor. it's huge. i don't even know how to work on such a wide desktop, especially since i use a vertically rotated monitor at work. looks absolutely great with the xbox360 ( Read more... )

really good evening last night. the japanese final was a bit nerve-wracking, but i think i came through ok. then a bunch of us students went out to pasta pomodoro for dinner afterwards.

fun times.

it's also nice to find out that sometimes you do have courage after all, and that opportunities do happen.

friday night: my dad and i went to watch 'night watch', a russian fantasy movie. pretty interesting. felt relatively low budget, but it was interesting because it was different. the sets were pretty cool too ( Read more... )